fine with everything but what's the problem of table in form. You can
use CSS to completely override the table layout and more the TD
anywhere you like on the screen as if they were a DIV. Am I wrong?
Massimo
On Nov 9, 10:30 pm, DenesL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Regarding this subject, I have been running some tests as time
> permits.
> May I suggest the following (which I might have mentioned before):
>
> 1) The form needs to be more CSS friendly (following the MVC pattern).
> This means no tables.
> In my tests I have been able to trim the fields to: <label...>
> +<input...>+comment+<br/>
> and with very simple CSS make the form look like the current one.
> More complex CSS could be used to position each element individually
> if desired.
>
> 2) For each field passed to the form its label and its value must be
> accessible in the view via a statement similar to the one mentioned
> above: {{=form.latest.field}}, mine look like {{=form.label.field}}
> and {{=form.value.field}}. Labels are required for translation
> purposes. Some field values, like those of select type fields, require
> special consideration; specially when the fields can be converted to
> display only (e.g. using DIV instead of INPUT).
>
> 3) Custom forms also need custom form error handling. My solution so
> far is to use a small JS to change the background color of the fields
> in error and change the title attribute to hold the error, so hovering
> a field in error displays the error message. But this is probably a
> matter of personal preference. Same as replacing the comment with an
> image of a question mark that opens the text when requested without
> cluttering the form.
>
> 4) In the future I would like to integrate the automatic creation of
> cascaded fields and autocompletes if possible.
>
> I could be leaving something out but things tend to come out on the
> ensuing discussion.
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